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14 January 2010

I may have just seen a harbinger of my death. →[More:]I just opened the front door to take out the garbage and saw a large black dog looking at me from the sidewalk in front of my house.

Between the darkness and the fog presently settled over Salt Lake City, I couldn't see its face. But its snout was pointed right at me. It just stood there. Looking at me.

After 10 or 15 seconds, I asked it, "Are you a harbinger of my death?"

It looked at me for another few seconds. Then it turned and walked away down the block. Slowly.

post by: Joe Beese at: 23:36 | 14 comments

We'll miss you! I'll be sure to do a lovely Metatalk remembrance post for you.

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 14 January | 23:53

This is pretty similar to the plot of Where The Red Fern Grows, fwiw. It may be a fairly heart-warming death.

posted by cortex 15 January | 00:15

posted by serazin 15 January | 00:15

Way to RUIN Where The Red Fern Grows CORTEX!!??!! WTFNOSPOILERWARNING!!!!????@###

posted by serazin 15 January | 00:25

Naw, you just met Sirius Black. No biggy.

posted by Luminous Phenomena 15 January | 00:41

So that's where Winston Churchill's depression has got to. I had been wondering.

posted by dhartung 15 January | 00:48

Maybe it's just a harbinger of you getting a dog soon?

posted by rmless2 15 January | 09:38

Are you by any chance feeling depressed?

posted by Miko 15 January | 10:56

.

?Harbinger of Led Zeppelin?

posted by buzzman 15 January | 11:04

Are you sure it wasn't a hamburger? I make that mistake all the time.

posted by kirkaracha 15 January | 13:06

There must be something going around. I just met the white dog of my destruction: Out photographing the local countryside; I'm about 30 or 40 feet from the car and I hear barking in the distance. Hm. Is it really getting closer...uh, let's get back in the vehicle. NOW. I look out the window; there was no need for questions. If I'd stayed a moment longer...well, dogs are pretty smart; this one might have a coat hanger....

posted by Kronos_to_Earth 15 January | 15:02

This is just standard. 15-20 seconds is about how long it takes either of my dogs to parse a welcoming sentence from strangers and to realize that there is no mention of "treat" in the welcome.
I blame the local librarian, who - for reasons best not examined - walks around with a pocketful of dog treats. All the time. Morning, noon, and evening.

Was your house once owned by a librarian?

posted by Susurration 15 January | 15:47

As long as the dog isn't named Sam and doesn't start telling you to kill people, you're probably OK.

posted by doctor_negative 15 January | 17:44

I had a similar encounter the other evening.

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For some reason, I didn't immediately think "harbinger of death".

posted by Wolfdog 15 January | 17:55

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